Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News Immigration Debate Seen Fueling Racist Right
A leading Jewish civil rights organization is warning that white supremacists are using the heated public debate over immigration reform to target Hispanic immigrants and to foment anti-Latino violence. This week, in conjunction with its annual national leadership conference in Washington, the Anti-Defamation League issued a report documenting an increase in anti-Latino rhetoric on the…
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News Former Military Chief: Keep West Bank
WASHINGTON — Moshe Yaalon, the recently retired chief of staff of the Israeli military, is a kibbutznik from a Labor movement background. But in sharp contrast to the retired military men entering the next Knesset, Yaalon is the rare, and arguably most important, retired Israeli general to publicly oppose unilateral Israeli withdrawals from the West…
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News Hamas Poses Dilemma for Egypt, Jordan
WASHINGTON — As Hamas struggles to tighten its grip over the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Egypt are seeking ways to weaken the Islamic fundamentalist movement, according to diplomats and policy experts in Washington. Jordan and Egypt had been supportive of the P.A. and its president, the Fatah-aligned Mahmoud Abbas. But, informed observers say, with Hamas…
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News Terror Threat Puts Community on Alert
WASHINGTON — Following a threat this week by Palestinian militants to target “Zionists outside Palestine,” a national Jewish community terrorism alert system has been activated to determine whether Jewish institutions should take extra security precautions. “Our Secure Community Network people have been in touch with law enforcement officials and are on top of” possible implications…
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News Israelis Mull Barghouti Release
WASHINGTON — Israeli officials this week denied press reports that individuals close to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were cooking up a deal in which imprisoned Fatah strongman Marwan Barghouti would be freed in exchange for the release by the Bush administration of Jonathan Pollard, the American naval intelligence analyst who received a life sentence in…
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News Christian Pro-Israel Lobby Gets a Boost
WASHINGTON — Televangelist John Hagee’s push to launch a Christian pro-Israel grass-roots lobbying organization received the reluctant blessing of Jewish organizational leaders last week. Hagee, who leads a mega-church of more than 17,000 members in San Antonio, Texas, came to New York last week to win support from member groups of the Conference of Presidents…
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News Olmert’s Brother Gets Fresh Start in U.S.
WASHINGTON — Yossi Olmert, the embattled younger brother of Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is getting a boost from Jewish organizations as he tries to remake himself in America after leaving a trail of bad debts and livid creditors in Israel. The Israel Project, a Washington-based organization that tries to improve Israel’s image in…
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News Israel Drops Bid To Curb Palestinian Refugee Body
WASHINGTON — In a sudden, unheralded reversal of policy, Israel and its allies here are dropping their campaign to curb the activities of the United Nations agency charged with aiding Palestinian refugees. Israeli officials and Jewish groups have long accused the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees of perpetuating the Palestinian refugee…
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